The Bakony – The Hungarian Wyoming

Ok, maybe not in size, but definitely in number of animal skulls nailed to the walls. First time to the Bakony was great! We stayed just outside Zirc in the lower Bakony, but very near the higher areas to the north-west. Lots of things going on here: alpine chairlift, historical library, nature/science museum, biking and hiking, lots of caves, a couple castles and… Crop Circles!

The extra-terrestrial markings were visible from the castle at Csesznek.

On our way home, we stopped in Veszprém and walked all along the castle hill. Oh, and on our way TO there, we had a chance to stop and see the factory town of Herend, where all the very expensive porcelain comes from — amazing!

Posted from Zirc, Veszprém, Hungary.

Néprajzi Múzeum (Museum of Ethnography)

It’s a rainy day, so I’m going back to see what days I missed. The Museum of Ethnography stands right across from the Parliament building. The big exhibition was the Golden Masks of Asia, or something like that… anyway, that’s what it was =)

The permanent exhibit was a huge research project done in the 60′s about the Hungarian peasant life. One small village was studied for an extensive period and everything the locals did was cataloged in extremis. Lots of artifacts from everyday life…

Posted from Budapest, Budapest, Hungary.

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